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Georg Melchior Kraus, Portret van Sebastian Brand

Georg Melchior Kraus

German · 1737–1806 · Painter, Printmaker

Georg Melchior Kraus was a German painter. He was a co-founder of the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School, together with Friedrich Justin Bertuch, in 1776. (Wikipedia)

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6auction results2007–2025years recorded100%sold (6)$4.1kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Georg Melchior Kraus, BEWALDETE LANDSCHAFT MIT WANDERNDEM PAAR., Signiert unten rechts: M. Kraus. Öl auf HolzBEWALDETE LANDSCHAFT MIT WANDERNDEM PAAR.Lempertz · €8,400≈ $12,307≈ £6,000Sign up to see
  2. Georg Melchior Kraus, Die Erziehung der Mädchen und Knaben, Brush and ink drawingDie Erziehung der Mädchen und KnabenKetterer Kunst · €4,270≈ $5,917≈ £3,709Sign up to see
  3. Georg Melchior Kraus, Zwei Gemälde: Der Genießer / Die Eingeschlummerte, Jeweils: Öl auf LeinwandZwei Gemälde: Der Genießer / Die EingeschlummerteVan Ham · €5,016≈ $5,615≈ £4,227Sign up to see

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median $4.1kfree account
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Lots sold
6
of 6 offered · 2007–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$3k$10k$32k2009201120132015201720192021202320252007-11-18 · $12,3072009-05-17 · $2,6772010-10-29 · $5,9172021-06-06 · $2,6462021-06-06 · $2,6462025-05-16 · $5,615
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings44100%$5.8kSign up$4.1kSign up$12.3kSign up
Oil44100%$5.8kSign up$4.1kSign up$12.3kSign up
Works on paper22100%$4.3kSign up$4.3kSign up$5.9kSign up
Watercolor11100%$2.7kSign up$2.7kSign up$2.7kSign up
Drawing11100%$5.9kSign up$5.9kSign up$5.9kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202511$5.6kSign up
202122$2.6kSign up
201011$5.9kSign up
200911$2.7kSign up
200711$12.3kSign up

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